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IMMENSE DISPLAY OF 

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DETROIT, MICH. 



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Copyright 1878, by SILAS FARMER. 



ItPveface. 



(fSfpHE rapid increase in the number of visitors to our City, and 
^wf* the increasing attractions of various kinds, have made a 
really creditable Guide to Detroit a necessity. 

In the obtaining of material for our large et Illustrated 
History of Detroit," now in preparation, our attention 
has been called to several features of interest that would proba- 
bly have otherwise escaped notice. 

The " Itinerary " and " Nut Shell of History," herein con- 
tained, embody many facts of interest, and the handsome en- 
gravings tell their own story. 

It is believed that so complete a Pictorial Guide has never 
before been published of any c.uy in the Union. 

^ILAS j^ARMER 8j po. 



For Index, see back of book. 






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The most comprehensive view of the City can be obtained 
by ascending the tower of the City Hall. Go as early as 9 a. m. 
Take a field glass with you, and from the window of the tower 
you will see sights and scenery that will well repay for the rather 
tiresome climbing of the 200 steps. 

The whole City, river and islands, and even Lake St. Clair, 
five miles away, will lie before you like a panorama. Each 
window of the tower, in turn, will reveal beauties of its own. 

The City Hall itself, was erected at a cost of $600,000, the 
ground being valued at one-half as much more. 

The City took formal possession of the building on July 4, 

1871. Its size is 90 x 200 feet. Its height to cornice, 66 feet, 
and to top of flag-staff, 200 feet. The four stone figures about 
the tower are each 14 feet high and represent Justice, Industry, 
Art, and Commerce. 

The clock is the largest in the United States, and there is 
but one larger in the world. It cost $3,000, and is wound up 
weekly. The dials are 8^" feet in diameter. 

Coming down from the tower the Soldiers' Monument, di- 
rectly in front of the City Hall, will next claim your attention. 
It was designed by Randolph Rogers, and erected at a cost of 
$60,000. It was formally unveiled and dedicated on April 9th, 

1872, and bears the following inscription : "Erected by the peo- 



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j^kdii^ City Skll kqd ]VIonuir|ei\t. 



BET10IT,MICH. 



WITBECK, CHITTENDEN & CO. 

C. S. WITBECK. W. J. CHITTENDEN. L. A. McCREARY. 



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pie of Michigan in honor of the martyrs who fell and the heroes 
who fought in defence of Liberty and Union." The crowning 
figure symbolizes Michigan in the guise of a female Indian. The 
other figures represent the infantry, marine, cavalry and artillery. 
Facing the City Hall, and on the right of the monument, 
is the Russell House, a well known hotel. Its fine outward ap- 
pearance well indicates its interior attractions. 




CITY KZ^IjIL.- 

On the left, or north of the monument, and also facing the 
Campus Martius, which has no equal elsewhere as a public 
square, is the Detroit Opera House ; a really elegant structure, 
capable of seating 2,000 persons. The lower story is occupied 
by the extensive dry goods house of Newcomb, Endicott & Co. 
They carry a full line of standard goods, and are noted for the 



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exhibition they make of elegant materials for ladies' wear and 
novelties in household goods. They publish monthly, an elab- 
orately illustrated " Ladies' Journal of Fashions," sample copies 
free. Any lady who examines it will thank us for saying "go 
and leave your order for it." 

There is also located in the Opera House the millinery estab- 
lishment of the Misses Messe, a truly satisfactory place to trade. 
They make a speciality of having the earliest and finest imported 




SOLDIERS' ZMZOHSTUIMIIEIIsrT. 

goods. They also furnish elegant Paris made dress suits* and 
make to order in the most fashionable and finished manner. 

One of the most interesting establishments in the city, is the 
grocery and meat house of Hull Brothers, adjoining the Opera 
House, on the corner of Monroe Avenue. It is really worth a 
visit. Go in the morning and see the score of clerks and the 



NEWCOMB, ENDICOTT 8 CO. 



IMPORTERS AND RETAILERS OF 



FI1TE 





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EVERY DEPARTMENT 



Full of New ami Seasonable Goods, 



THE FINEST DRESS GOODS. 
THE RICHEST SILKS. 

Everything New in Wraps, Cloaks and Shawls. 



FULL ASSORTMENT OF 



Hosiery, Gloves, White Goods, Linens, Domestics, k, k 

J£P~A11 the Novelties as they appear in the Market. 



jk STEANSEES ABE COELIALLY INVITED TO VISIT OUE ESTABLISHMENT. || 



PRICES THE VERY LOWEST. 



NEWCOMB, ENDICOTT & CO. 
Opera House Building. DETROIT, MICH. 



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crowd of customers. Here, for certain, u the rich and the poor 
meet together." Morning by morning the German women file 
in by the dozen, and ladies and lawyers, doctors and bankers, 
throng the store. 

By this time you will want a few moments of rest; pass 
on around to Monroe Avenue and the first double store you come 
to is occupied in its entire five stories by Marcus Stevens, with 
an immense and unexcelled stock of furniture. Drop into an 




DETROIT OPERA HOUSE. 
easy chair and look around you. Drawing room and library 
suites and single pieces, bed room sets, furniture and furnishings 
in every style, either in antique or modern designs. The oldest 
furniture house in the state, it has supplied furniture to suc- 
cessive generations of the same family. 

The full length mirrors here, will perchance remind you 
that you wish a photograph of yourself or friend, and a few 



THE LARGEST IN THE STATE. 



HULL BROTHERS, 





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AND MANUFACTURERS OF 



Confectionery, Spices, Flavoring Extracts 



gAKING POWDER 



Families Supplied at less than Wholesale Prices. 



Opera House Block, corner Monroe Avenue, 
BETIOIT, MICH. 



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doors further, in the next block, on Monroe Avenue, is the 
Grand Central Photograph Gallery, in every respect a first class 
establishment, making elegant pictures at reasonable prices. 




VIEW DOWN FORT STREET AND THE RIVER FROM 
CITY HALL TOWER. 

Going up Woodward Avenue one block to State Street, and 
turning to the left one block, at the north end of Griswold 
Street, the large and imposing High School looms into view. In 




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MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 



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MILITARY AND SOCIETY GOODS, 



and Uniform Haps of all 1 



UMBRELLAS, OANES, 

GLOVES AND LAP ROBES, 

109 Woodward Avenue, 



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the rear of it is the attractive and valuable museum of the Sci- 
entific Association, which is open to the public without charge 
on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings, and Saturday 
afternoons. 




VIEW DOWN WOODWARD AVENUE TOWARDS THE RIVER 
FROM CITY HALL TOWER. 

Returning to State Street, leaving the Brunswick, a new 
hotel on the right at Griswold Street, crossing Woodward Avenue 
and going one block east on Gratiot Avenue, passing the First 



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DEALER IN 



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Oil Paintings, by Foreign and Home Artists, 

Fine Photographs, from Original Paintings, 

Foreign and American Ohromos, 

ABTISTS* ItATEMIAIfS 

IN OIL, WATER AND CRAYON. 

Picture Frames in Gold, Velvet, Walnut, Oak, and 
Fine Veneers. 

MATERIALS FOR WAX FLOWERS. 

Photographers' Supplies, stereoscopic ffiewstp 



Picture Frame Mouldings and all goods found in an Art Store. 



In connection with my store, I have a FINE ART GALLERY, hung with 
Choice Works of Art, always open FREE to the public. Strangers coming to 
Detroit, are especially invited to visit it. 

Parties wanting Pictures of any kind, or materials for making or framing 
them, are invited to correspond with me, if unable to call, and all information 
will be promptly and cheerfully given. 

GEO. R. ANGELL, 
FINE ART STORE AND GALLERY, 

lg8 Woodw^d Sveitue, ©ettoit. 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 



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Presbyterian Church on the left, you will find the Public Library, 
a large and substantial building, erected at a cost of $124,000, 
and dedicated January 22d, 1877. It stands in the center of a 
square, contains about 40,000 volumes, and is well worth a visit. 
Within full view from the front of the Library, a little to 
the right, is the building of the Young Men's Christian Associa- 




HIGH SCHOOL, 
tion, which is the headquarters for moral, religious and philan- 
thropic work of every possible sort. The daily noon meeting 
held here from 12.00 to 12:30 is a constant attraction to all 
strangers who appreciate religious services. 



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Your morning's tour can be well finished up by returning to 
Woodward Avenue, and before taking the cars you miss much 



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41 & 43 MONROE AVENUE. 





Our Operating Room has lately been refurnished 
with new Backgrounds, Accessories, Etc, 
making it the most complete 
in the City. 



j||ine photographic portraits a Specialty. 



We furnish the Best Quality and Finest 
Finished Work at the Lowest Prices. 




h.otograph.1 



Pictures Copied and Enlarged in Crayon, 

India Ink and Water Color? 



Grand Central Gallery, 

DETROIT. 



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if you fail to visit Angell's Art Gallery, just south of Gratiot 
Avenue. Numerous oil paintings, rare photographs, and many 
artistic sketches are here on free exhibition, in a room especially 
arranged for the purpose. 

Half a block above is the large and well stocked music 
house of Roe Stephens. If you want the latest music, and wish 
to try it yourself, or hear it, every facility is afforded. And per- 
chance, as this is a sort of musical headquarters, you may here 
meet some of the musical celebrities of the day ; at all events 
you can see their works and portraits. 




PUBLIC LIBEAEY. 

Immediately opposite, and very appropriately located in so 
musical a neighborhood, are the elegant salesrooms of the 
"Singer " Sewing Machine Co., full of attractions fur the ladies. 

Taking the Woodward Avenue line of street cars, and pro- 
ceeding a few blocks northward, you will see on either side the 
Grand Circus Parks ; their fountains and the shade inviting.to 
rest and meditation. Here on a summer evening the music of 
a band frequently calls together many persons, both in carriages 
and on foot. 



;oe^tephenI 

Music Publisher and dealer in 



imailbe Pianos 

VOSE i SONS I STANDARD PIANOS 

CLOUGH & WARREN ORGANS, 
Elegant Embroidered PianoTCovers. 

BEST QUALITY 9 LOWEST PRICES. 



The only House in the City where you can have your 

Music tried over for you before purchasing. 

You are always welcome, whether you 

wish to purchase or not. 



ROE STEPHENS, 
184 & 186 Woodward Avenue, 

Between Gratiot and Grand River Avenues. 



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Facing the park is Dr. Stone's Turkish Bath Establishment, 
and no itinerary of Detroit would be complete that failed to call 
attention to this excellent sanitarium. There is no one thing in 
the city that can afford more luxurious enjoyment than a bath at 
this unique institution. 

On the right of Woodward Avenue, immediately after leav- 
ing the Grand Circus, is the large and costly stone church and 
chapel of the Central M. E. Society, deemed by many the most 
elegant church in the city. 



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YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUILDING. 

A few blocks further, also on the right, are the beautiful 
stone buildings of St. John's Episcopal Church. Soon after, on 
the left, you pass the handsome brick structure of the Second 
Congregational Society. Then comes in rapid succession, nu- 
merous elegant residences, which, with their grounds, are scarcely 
equalled in any city, east or west. Notice the side streets, es- 
pecially on the right, and, until the eye is weary, you will see 
hundreds of costly and substantial dwellings. As you pass 
along, if the weather is favorable, you may see scores of child- 
ren enjoying themselves with their roller skates on the smooth 
stone walks, which line both sides of the avenue, and if in the 



GET THE BEST ! IT IS THE CHEAPEST ! 



AND BUY ONLY THE GENUINE 

Tlis Singer Manufacturing Company's 



No Singer 

Machine 

Genuine 

without 

this 





Trade Mark 
at base 

of 
arm on 
Machine. 




The Genuine SINGER is the simplest, strongest, and best adjusted 
machine ever made. 

It is so simple that even anyone can sew with it. 

It is so strong that it is next to impossible to break or injure it with ordi- 
nary usage. 

Its finish and adjustment are simply perfect. The parts are made by the 
best machinery in the world and are perfectly adjusted and thoroughly 
finished. _ The machinery used for making the Genuine ' 'Singer" Machines 
has been invented expressly for The Singer Manufacturing Company, and no 
other company has or can obtain machinery equal to it. This insures to the 
Genuine "Singer" Machine an exact adaptability of parts which it is im- 
possible for any other machine to attain. 

In consequence of this perfect harmony of parts the machine wears evenly 
and this is why the "Singer " Machine is famous for outlasting all other 
machines. 

Thus the purchaser of a Genuine Singer Sewing Machine not only gets 
the best made, most easily understood, and strongest machine in the world, 
but one that will last longer than any other sewing machine ever invented, and 
all for the same price charged for inferior machines. 

Woolwari Awe., BETKOIT. 

W. R. CLARK, Agent, 



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afternoon, a lawn party will perchance be seen recreating in the 
spacious grounds of some favored resident of this noble 
avenue. At Bagg Street, looming up through the trees, and two 
blocks away, you will see the tower of the Cass Avenue Baptist 
Church. Having gone over nearly two thirds of the distance, 
you will notice on the left the large brick chapel of the West- 
minster Presbyterian Church ; and immediately after, on the 
right, the ample grounds and numerous buildings of the Harper 
Hospital, also the Detroit Medical College. 




HOME OF THE FRIENDLESS. 

The next place of public interest is the large and well ar- 
ranged building known as the ■« Home of the Friendless," and 
"Old Ladies* Home," situated on Warren Avenue, just off 
Woodward, on the left. Go in, if you have time, and you will 
be more thankful that such broad and benevolent institutions 
have an existence. 

A ride of three miles from the City Hall brings you to the 
city limits and the R. R. crossing, with the termination of the 
street railway, and the station of the Detroit and Bay City and 



DR. STONE'S 




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SINGLE BATHS, ONE DOLLAR. 



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Comfortable Rooms, with Good Board, at very reason- 

able prices, in one of the best locations in the 

City, at Dr. Stone's Turkish 

Bath House. 



^evm&i including CSBafhs 

Not so high as other First Class Hotels Without Baths. 



Street Cars from all the Hotels and Depots run by the Cure. 



LOCATION: 



274 Woodward Avenue, 



OPPOSITE GRAND CIRCUS PARK. 



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Grand Trunk Railroads. This is a convenient place of arrival 
and departure, as the Woodward Avenue cars will take you to 
or from the center of the City. 

Returning to the vicinity of the City Hall, and going down 
Woodward to Jefferson Avenue, there are several representative 
business establishments which have features of special interest 
and are daily visited as exhibiting part of the sights and advan- 
tages of the city. 




CENTRAL M. E. CHURCH. 

Mabley's, next to the Russell House, is the nearest. It oc« 
cupies six entire stores, and is the largest clothing house west of 
New York. Large, well lighted rooms and clothing by the cord^ 
of all styles and sizes, will astonish and attract you. 

The subject of clothing naturally suggests hats and furs, and 
in the block below on the right v corner of Congress Street, is th^ 



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well known house of Walter Buhl & Co. The oldest house 
with the largest capital of any in the trade, and as a matter of 
course, an elegant store and stock ; with an experience of half a 
century back of them, they probably make and sell more furs, 
than all other city dealers. 

Three doors further towards Jefferson Avenue, your attention 
will be at once arrested by the magnificent display of porcelain 
and crockery, decorated and plain, at the old established house 




CAMPAU HOUSE. 

of R. W. King & Son. This may be called the age of ceramics, 
and if you have a taste for antiques and novelties, do not pass 
by here. They import direct from Europe, and you may see 
here what you would not find even in Eastern cities. 

The adjoining shoe store of R. H. Fyfe, to gentlemen as 
well as ladies, is hardly less attractive. Who does not appre- 
ciate and enjoy a dainty and well fitting shoe. The display 
here made will satisfy the most fastidious. Detroit is unexcelled 
in its manufacture of fine shoes, and more are sold and worn 
here than in any other city of its size. 

In the same block and but a few doors below, is the drug 
and pharmaceutical establishment of Frederick Stearns, not an 
ordinary drug store, but having connected with it a complete 
laboratory, employing fifty persons, from whence products are 
sold all over the United States and Canada. A matter of special 



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DETROIT, 



inST PREPAH.ATI03ST 



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Clu Ifetropolis of jffiigaii. 



Historical Cyclopedia and Industrial Representation 



OF THE 



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PAST AND PRESENT. 



A PERPETUAL WORK OF REFERENCE. 



A large Octavo of several hundred pages. 

Elegantly Bound and Elaborately Illustrated. 
Over Three Years of Labor and Several Thousani Dollars espenied on It. 



SILAS FARMER & CO. 
— PUBLISHERS — 



DETBOIT, MICH. 



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interest to visitors is the telephone, which connects the store with 
the laboratory ten blocks away. It was the first one put up in 
Michigan. Between io a. m. and 4 p. m. it is placed at the dis- 
posal of visitors, and is a constant source of pleasurable wonder. 
The store itself is, doubtless, one of the most elegant, if not the 
finest in the country. The fittings are after Eastlake designs. 
The assortment of goods are exceptionally complete, and in- 
cludes new preparations and appliances, rare drugs and noveltie: 
of various kinds, thus constituting it a museum of pharmacj 
and hygiene. 




ST. VINCENT'S ORPHAN ASYLUM. 
On the opposite side of the avenue, and on the corner of 
Larned Street, is the bank of D. Preston & Co. If you want 
any of your money changed, or any information as to bonds or 
land warrants, no other house is better posted, or will give you 
more reliable information. 



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By many persons, Jefferson Avenue is deemed not less beau- 
tiful than Woodward, and an afternoon can be very pleasantly 
devoted to objects on and near it. A carriage would be pre- 
ferable on this trip, but the street cars will take you within easy 
reach of all the places here named. Before taking the cars, if 



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you do as others do, you will visit and look through the attract- 
ive and amply filled jewelry store of M. S. Smith & Co., on the 
corner of Woodward and Jefferson Avenues. Here you will 
see one of the largest stocks of jewelry, silver ware, watches, 
automatic singing birds, bronzes, French boquets and foreign 
bric-a-brac, to be found west of New York, and polite and atten- 
tive gentlemen will gladly show you around, whether you wish 
to buy or not. 

Taking the cars going east, you proceed up Jefferson Ave- 
nue, passing very soon on the right the Biddle House Hotel 
occupying almost an entire block. Soon after the lofty and im- 
posing building of the Academy of the Sacred Heart, in charge 
of the sisters of that name, is seen ; and aimost immediately 
afterwards on the left, is the Catholic Cathedral of St. Peter 
and St. Paul. From near this point numbers of fine residences pass 
rapidly before you; costly, but not ornate, substantial and with 
tasteful surroundings, many of them are very attractive. The 
handsome stone edifice on the right, with its tower and chime 
of bells, is Christ's Episcopal Church, and on the left, a little 
further on, is the Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church, with 
tall and shapely spire; soon after, on the right, the Gas Works 
come in sight quite near the avenue. Three blocks further takes 
you across the bridge extending over the D. & M. R. R. Still 
on for four blocks more and you come to Joseph Campau Avenue. 
Following this about three blocks away on the river, are the 
boat houses of the Excelsior and Detroit Clubs, and near here 
the regatta grand stand is usually located. 

Near the eastern limits of the city, on McDougall Avenue, 
just off from Jefferson Avenue on the left, is a very large and 
wide spreading building, the St. Vincent's Catholic Female 
Orphan Asylum. Soon after, on the right, you pass the Pro- 
testant Orphan Asylum. Leaving the cars here, a walk of some 
five blocks on Elmwood Avenue will bring you to Elmwood 
Cemetery, where an hour or more can be spent very pleasantly 
among the many beautiful walks and drives and monuments. 




IE LIVE WOO ID CEMETERY. 



R. BRONSON, 

UNDERTAKER, 

92 & 94 Larned Street West, 

NEAR WAYNE, 
DETROIT, ... - MICH. 




WOODMERE CEMETERY. 



R. BRONSON, 

UNDERTAKER, 

92 & 94 Larned Street West, 

NEAR WAYNE, 
DETROIT, - - - - MICH. 




WOODMERE CEMETERY. 



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Returning towards Jefferson Avenue, you will see on the right 
the Church and Parochial School of Our Lady of Help. 

Again taking Jefferson Avenue to the eastward, within the 
distance of a block from Elmwood, you pass on the right the 
immense stove factory and warerooms of the Michigan Stove 
Company; and immediately afterwards, the Old Pontiac Tree, 
like some Rip Van Winkle of the forest, stands before you. The 
tree is so named from a tradition that it was the silent witness of 
the battle of Bloody Bridge, where Captain Dalzell and many of 
his command were surprised and slain, on July 31, 1763, during 
the progress of the Pontiac conspiracy. 

Turning in at the first street on the left, you can visit Mt. 
Elliott Cemetery, and view the grave of Col. John F. Ham- 
tramck, the first American commandant of Detroit. Beyond 
this, on the right of Jefferson Avenue, is the Marine Hospital, 
the very extensive factory of the Detroit Stove Co., and other 
large furnaces and manufacturing establishments. It will 
well repay you to ride two miles further and see the massive 
house and engine, and immense reservoir of the Water Works, 
and in cherry time, go a mile or two further and taste the Grosse 
Point cherries, and enjoy the beach of the beautiful Lake St. 
Clair. 

On your return towards the city, if you turn to the right on 
Rivard Street, you will come to Fort Street, where you will see 
on the north side, and four doors off Rivard, the house No. 253, 
in which General Grant, then Lieutenant, lived during his four 
years stay in Detroit, from 1846 to 1850. 

Returning again to Jefferson Avenue and crossing Wood- 
ward, on the S. E. corner of Jefferson Avenue and Griswold 
Street, is the new and imposing building erected for the Board 
of Trade. Across the street, and half a block towards the river 
is the Free Press Printing House. Half a block from Griswold 
Street, on the south side of Jefferson Avenue, is the Campau 
House ; an excellent specimen of the better class of French 



Guide and Souvenir. 35 

houses once so numerous in Detroit. One block west of the 
Board of Trade, on the corner of Shelby Street, is the Michigan 
Exchange, which, like good wine, grows better and better as the 
years go by. 

^pristtroltl ^ireeh 

This is the " Wall Street " of Detroit and hence will claim 
a visit. Leaving Jefferson Avenue and going north, at the first 
corner on the right, you pass the Express Offices. Diagonally 




ELMWOOD CHAPEL. 
across the street is the Postoffice. Haifa block from Griswold,. 
on the north side of Lamed Street, is the massive iron front of 
the Post & Tribune building. One block from Griswold and 
just north of Larned, on Shelby, is the new and unique building- 
of The Evening News. 

Two blocks from Griswold, on Larned, is the headquarters- 
of the Fire Commission. Two of the steamers are kept here,, 
and half an hour or more can be spent very enjoyably in an 
inspection of the various apparatus. To see the well-trained 



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horses jump to their places when the gong sounds, is alone worth 
the time bestowed. 

Returning to Griswold Street you will find yourself at once 
in the midst of banks, financiers, and insurance agents, while 
lawyers' offices abound on either side. Immediately opposite 
the Postoffice is the extensive land agency of W. J. Waterman, 
not a "veneer" institution, but a solid, old established real 
estate office, with every facility for furnishing reliable informa- 
tion, or transacting any business pertaining to real estate in the 
city or elsewhere. 

Proceeding to the next street, which is Congress, and only a 
few doors from Griswold, is the building of the Wayne County 
Savings Bank, with, perhaps, the finest and most expensive front 
of any business block in the city. Returning again to Griswold 
Street and going northward you can stop at the Moffat Block for 
a ride in the elevator of that most complete business block ; the 
elevator being in constant operation for the benefit of all who 
wish to use it. Still on, we pass the City Hall on the right; and 
immediately after, on the left, we notice a large and lofty struc- 
ture, the Mechanic's Block, with offices of various kinds. Here 
the Superior Court is held, and here is also located Goldsmith's 
Commercial College. One block further north, on the right, is 
the large and commodious office of the Water Commissioners. 



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If it is winter-time and there is any snow, you should finish 
the afternoon by a visit to Lafayette Avenue, where fine ladies 
in fine turnouts with fine horses are out for a day of 
pleasure. You will not be alone, for crowds line the avenue 
to witness the ever-changing scene. 

Only a few doors from Griswold, on Lafayette Avenue, is 
the Abstract office of E. C. Skinner, a thoroughly fire-proof 
building, where all matters concerning titles in Wayne County 
are carefully obtained and preserved. All persons wishing 



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information of this sort should apply at these headquarters. One 
block away is the Unitarian Church ; two blocks away, on the 
left, is the United Presbyterian ; and about three and a half 
blocks from Griswold Street is the Lafayette Avenue Baptist 
Church. 




ENTRANCE TO FORT WAYNE. 



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An interesting morning trip would be by way of the Gratiot 
Avenue cars through the German quarter. Thrift and neatness 
are prominent features of this region. 

The immense Lion Brewery near Russell Street, is the 
most noticeable land mark. Near the corner of Russell Street, 
on the right, you will see the very large and really elegant St. 
John's Lutheran Church and school ; and on the corner of 



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Prospect Street, on the left, is another Lutheran church known 
as " Trinity." Still further on to Orleans Street, and one block 
from Gratiot, on the right, you will readily see the immense 
German Catholic St. Joseph's Cathedral, the largest church ed- 
ifice in Detroit. 

Returning on Gratiot to Russell Stieet,you notice the Police 
Station on the corner ; and going northerly, you pass the hay 
and Wood Market on the right, and approach the extensive and 
outwardly attractive House of Correction. Much time may be 
profitably sjent here in a tour of the buildings, shops and 
grounds. It is one of the largest and best managed institutions 
of its kind in the world, and has an average of 700 inmates, 
chiefly employed in making chairs. 

From the House of Correction you can easily see the old 
reservoir of the Water Works, which is only about three blocks 
away. Ascending the embankment by an easy flight of stairs, 
you will find a small lake spread out before you, and looking 
around you have a good view of a large portion of the city. The 
large and tall brick building abcut two blocks north of the reser- 
voir, in the center of a large square, is the " Little Sisters' Home 
for the Aged Poor." 



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No tour of the city would be complete that did not include 
a trip down West Fort Street, no other street or avenue having 
more or finer churches or residences. An entire afternoon should 
be devoted to the trip here indicated. On this line of cars, as 
you go outside of the city, you pay 10 cents fare for the whole 
distance. In going down, if you start from Griswold Street, and 
leave Whitney's Grand Opera House on the right at Shelby 
Street, a block further on the left will bring you to the handsome 
Congregational Church, with its tall and tasteful spire. But ere 
you have gone thus far the elegant residences begin, only to 
increase in completeness and costly character as you proceed. 



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Both Fort Street and Lafayette Avenue, its twin, are lined with 
substantial and ornate mansions. 

At the corner of Second Street, on the right, is Grace Epis- 
copal Church, built of Milwaukee brick. A block further on, at 
the left is the superbly beautiful stone church of the Fort Street 
Presbyterian Society. On and on you go, crossing the bridge 
over the M. C. R. R. near Twelfth Street, and some twenty 
blocks further, turning on Clark Avenue towards the River, you 
take the River Road, and still in the car, keep on to Fort Wayne 



ST, ANN'S CHURCH. 
a first-class fortification, costing nearly half a million. Here are 
cannon and gay soldiers in abundance. The grounds embrace 
sixty-five acres, and a half hour or more can be pleasantly spent 
here. 

Returning to Clark Avenue, if in the summer-time, you can, 
take passage on a ferry or row-boat to the Queen's 
Dominions. Landing at the quaint old town of Sandwich, and 



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giving but little rein to your imaginings, you may think yourself 
on the banks of the Rhone or Loir, so old, so calm and Frenchy 
does the town appear. From Sandwich, for 7 cents, you can 
take the horse cars to Windsor, opposite Detroit ; ana on the 
ferry, for one fare, you can ride back and forth until you are 
fully rested, and have taken in many a pleasing view of the 
changing river scenes. 



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This avenue, while not having any specially attractive 
buildings, is well worth a visit. At the corner of Park Place we 
find the offices of the U. S. Lake Survey, with their marvelously 
accurate and expensive collection of instruments for measuring 
distances. A few blocks further the Cass School is seen on the 
right, and soon after, on the left, the Simpson M. E. Church. 
Three blocks more brings you to the crossing of Trumbull and 
Lincoln avenues, with their numerous and substantial residences. 
On reaching Thirteenth Street, three blocks away to the south 
you will see the beneficent Woman's Hospital and Foundlings' 
Home. At Nineteenth Street is the D. & B. C. R. R. station, 
and here the street cars stop. Just across the track is the exten- 
sive factory of the National Pin Company. A mile beyond is 
the 300 acre seed farm of D. M. Ferry & Co., and almost all the 
year around you may see scores of "weeders" and "pickers" 
at work in these broad fields. 

This is one of the greatest thoroughfares in the city, and 
leads through the region most largely settled by our Irish citi- 
zens. Nothing of special note is to be seen until at Trumbull 
Avenue, on the left, is St. Peter's Episcopal Church, and also a 
police station. Immediately after comes Woodbridge Grove, 
and at Thirteenth Street, on the right, is St. Boniface Catholic 
School. Soon after, some two blocks away on the left, you will 



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see the Tappan School and the Catholic Church and School of 
St. Vincent. 

At Seventeenth Street, on the right, is Immanuel Lutheran 
Church. Ford's Garden, on the left, will next attract attention. 
Also on the left, a few blocks away, the Cattle Yards, the Car- 
Wheel Works, and the Bridge and Iron Works can be seen. 



ODD FELLOWS' HALL. 
The Retreat for the Insane is the next object of interest, 
and a few blocks further terminates the street car line and brings 
you to the Junction, where the trains of the M. C. R. R., the M. 
S. & N. I., and G. T. R. R. transfer passengers or baggage. 
Here are also located the largest car manufactory in the United 
States, the shops of the M. C. R. R., and several extensive 
brick yards. 



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The following route will bring before you some of the most 
desirable portions of the city which are untraveled by street cars : 
Up Michigan Avenue to Washington, around Grand Circus Parks 
on Adams Avenue to Cass Avenue, up Cass to Alexandrine Ave- 
nue, west on Alexandrine to Second Street, down Second, 
around Cass Park, still on Second to Lafayette Avenue, west 
on Lafayette to Trumbull Avenue, up Trumbull to Grand River 
Avenue, along Grand River to Twelfth Street, down Twelfth to 
River Road, and on the River and Dearborn Roads to Woodmere 
Cemetery. 

If you have leisure, a trip on one of the excursion, or regular 
line of boats constantly plying up and down cannot fail to give 
you abundant satisfaction. Scattered through the whole course 
of the stream are numerous islands, from one to several thousand 
acres in extent. Their number will average one a mile for the 
entire length of the river; and for beauty of scenery it is second 
only to the St. Lawrence. 

Two days or more could profitably be given to Put-in-Bay 
and vicinity, with its beautiful islands, lovely scenery and mem- 
orable localities in connection with Perry's victory. Perry's 
Cave is beautiful with stalactites and crystals of various forms. 
It is reached by a broad stairway, has an average height of 6 feet, 
and is 200 feet long by about 150 feet in width. Here also are 
fine fshing grounds, with plenty of boats and bait ; and in season 
grapes are very abundant and cheap. It has all the usual accom- 
paniments of a first-class watering place, including good hotel 
accommodations. 

On the way to Put-in-Bay you pass Grosse Isle, where there 
is an excellent hotel and pleasant surroundings, and you would 
hardly need to go further for a pleasant summer resort. 



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One day, or several, at the Star Island House would afford 
health, and pleasure in abundance. Going up the river, you 
stop on a little island at the entrance to the St. Clair Flats Canal, 
and here, at moderate rates, you can can fish, hunt ar.d boat to 
your heart's content. 




ST. JOHN'S LUTH-RAN CHURCH. 

Taking a steamer from Star Island and passing through Lake 

and River St. Clair, you will have a view of river scenery that 

will be fully satisfying. At Port Huron, the magnificent grove of 

evergreens on the riverside, and old Fort Gratiot are worth a visit. 



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Returning to Detroit, (fare #1.85), by the Grand Trunk R. 
R., and stopping at the village of Mt. Clemens, you may gain 
health by the use of the water at the Magnetic Springs. There 
is unquestionable evidence of remarkable cures from the use of 
this water. A boat, in the season, leaves regularly for the 
Springs from Detroit. Or, if you prefer it, take a trip to 
Chatham, Canada, which you reach by way of Lake St. Clair 
and the picturesque River Thames. 



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Several days could be agreeably disposed of among the re- 
gions round about Detroit. 

A ride of little more than an hour on the Michigan Central, 
westward, at a cost of ninety cents, will take you to the beautiful 
City of Ypsilanti where the State Normal School is located; and 
less than two hours on the same route, (fare $1.10) will land you 
at Ann Arbor, where hours may be spent examining the treasures 
of the University. 

In both these cities the hard, smooth roads over hill and 
moor, along the winding river through lovely scenery will tempt 
to drives in almost every direction. 

Going northwards by the Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad, 80 
cents and an hour's ride will take you to Pontiac, the center of 
one of the most magnificent farming regions in the Union. Here 
the new State Insane Asylum is located. A delightful drive of 
five miles will bring you to Orchard Lake, a most charming sum- 
mer resort. A first-class hotel, excellent boating and fishing op- 
portunities, delightful drives and a Military School for boys, are 
among its attractions. 

Winning |£ttfcrf»inmimte» 

In the evening there are entertainments on almost every 
night at one or other of the Opera Houses; and during the win- 



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ter months very many of the Churches, through their Young 
People's Societies, hold from one to a dozen Concert's or Lec- 
tures ; and there is scarce a night the whole year round without 
an entertainment of some sort. 

The regular social religious services of the Methodist 
Churches are held on Thursday evenings; those of Presbyterian 
and Congregational Churches on Friday evening ; and of the 
Baptist Churches on Wednesday evening. 




ACADEMY OF SACRED HEART. 



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There are nine lines of Street Car Railways extending in 
various directions, with a total length of 24 miles. The trip one 
way on each line occupies about half an hour, except in case of 
the Fort Wayne and Elmwood route, which takes nearly an hour 
and a quarter. 

During the day and up to 7 p. m. cars leave each end of all 
the routes about every five minutes, and from 7 to 10 p. m. every 
IO to 15 minutes. 

All the cars on each line make through trips except the 
Fort Wayne and Elmwood line ; some of whose cars go only to 



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the city limits, and are so lettered on the outside ; and on the 
Grand River Avenue some go only to Lincoln Avenue. 

The rates of fare are the same on all the routes, viz : 5 cents 
each regardless of the distance, except that on the Fort Wayne 
and Elmwood route, the rates are as follows : Any distance be- 
tween 24th Street and Elmwood Avenue 5 cents or 22 tickets for 
one dollar. Any distance between 24th Street and Fort Wayne 
five cents or 22 tickets for one dollar. From any point within 
the city limits to River Road eight cents. From any point with- 
in the city limits to Toll Gate nine cents. From any point with- 
in the city limits to Fort Wayne ten cents. Tickets for children 
under 15 years of age, are sold at the office in packages of 25 for 
a dollar, good for any distance. On all the other lines tickets 
are sold at the rate of 12 for 50 cents. Double fare is charged 
for passage in the special cars quite late in the evening. 

The Fort Wayne & Elmwood and the Grand River lines 
have both conductors and drivers, and the conductor calls upon 
each passenger for the fare. On all the other lines boxes are 
placed on the side of the door at the front end of the car in 
which the tickets or fares are deposited. 

If passengers haye not the right change, by handing the 
driver any amount, up to two dollars, he will return the full amount 
in change, in a sealed envelope, out of which the proper amount 
can be taken to deposit. In some instances the envelopes con- 
tain a round check which counts as five cents and is receivable 
for a fare. In the center, at the top of the car is a strap attached 
to a bell, by the pulling of which the driver will stop at any 
time or place. 

The driver is supposed to be on the look-out for passengers 
constantly, and a signal by raising the hand, a shrill whistle or 
the call of " car " will bring them to a stand ; if near two cross- 
walks they usually stop at the furthest one in the direction in 
which the car is moving. 

If persons wish to go to or from either depot by way of the 
Woodward, Gratiot, or Michigan Avenue lines ; if asked for, it is 



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the duty of the driver to give a '• change-off" ticket, good on the 
Jefferson Avenue route to or from either depot ; but a change-ofi 
given on going from the depot cannot be used on going to the 
depot and vice versa. 

The route of the street car lines is as follows : 
Jefferson Avenue line, from M. C. R. R depot foot of Third 
Street up Jefferson Avenue to Mt. Elliott Avenue, distance 2>£ 
miles. At the end of Jefferson Avenue route the Hamtramck 
line extends half a mile further to the Driving Park. 

The Woodward Avenue line extends from Jefferson Avenue 
up Woodward to railroad crossing and station of the Bay City & 
Grand Trunk Railroad, a distance of 2^ miles. 



UNITARIAN CHURCH. 

Michigan Avenue line from Jefferson Avenue up Woodward 
to Michigan Avenue, on Michigan to Scotten Avenue and Grand 
Trunk Junction, distance 2]/ z miles. 

The Gratiot Avenue line begins at Jefferson Avenue and ex- 
tends up Woodward to Monroe Avenue, through Monroe Avenue 
and Randolph Street to Gratiot Avenue, and up Gratiot to De- 
quinder Street, a distance of 1^ miles. 

The Congress &■ Baker Street line starts from the market at 
corner of Congress East and Randolph, and extends on Congress 



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to 7th Street, up 7th to Baker and along Baker to 24th Street. 
Distance 2^ miles. 

The Cass Avenue &* Third Street line runs from M. C. R. R. 
Depot up Third to Lamed Street, east on Larned to Griswold 
Street, up Griswold to State Street, along State to Cass Street, 
north on Cass to Ledyard Street, west on Ledyard to Third 
Avenue, and up Third to Holden Road, distance 3^ miles. 

The Grand River line passes from Jefferson Avenue up 
Woodward to Grand River Avenue, and along Grand River 
Avenue to 17th Street and the D. & B. C. R. R. Station. A dis- 
tance of 1]/^ miles. 

The longest line is the Fort Wayne 6f Elmwood, which ex- 
tends from Elmwood Cemetery at head of Croghan Street, west 
on Croghan to Randolph, south on Randolph to Michigan Grand 
Avenue and the market, along Michigan Avenue and across 
Woodward Avenue to West Fort Street, west on Fort Street to 
Clark Avenue, south on Clark to the River Road, and along the 
River Road to Fort Wayne. Distance ^]/ 2 miles. 

This Queen City of the Lakes, the oldest in the West, is rich 
in legendary lore and rare historic story. 

Visited early in the 16th Century, in July, 1701, a regular 
colony with garrison, blockhouses, and stockade was here estab- 
lished ; Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac in command, and Fort 
Ponchartrain its name, in the Province of " New France." Un- 
der French rule till 1760, three Kings, Louis 13th, Louis 14th, 
and Louis 15th, claimed its allegiance; and the noted names of 
Mary de Medici, Madam de Maintenon, and Cardinals Richelieu 
and Mazarin are intimately connected with its being. 

Transferred to the English in 1760, the Indians as before, 
continued to attack it, but in Revolutionary times their favor had 
been won, and under British rule Detroit was the " fitting out " 
place for numerous scalping bands. 



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49 



In 1796 it was peacefully surrendered by the British, and in 
181 2 the fortunes of war again placed it under their control. 
One year later Perry, Harrison, and Shelby recovered it again. 

As part of the United States it has been successively under 
the jurisdiction of the Northwestern Territory, Indiana Territory, 
Michigan Territory, and the State of Michigan. Its government 
under the earlier years of American rule was a strange compound 
of legality and assumption, and affords an exceedingly curious 




DETBOIT POSTOf^ICE. 

chapter of local history ; and when shown with all its attendant 
circumstances exhibits an anomalous condition of affairs, the like 
of which has no parallel in the history of any other city in the 
Union. 

It was incorporated as a Town in 1802, burned in 1805 and 
its first city charter obtained in 1815. 

It is located on a stream carrying more fresh water than any 
other in the world save one. It is on the route of all vessels to 



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To and from Northern Michigan, and between the 

EAST ^LIsTID WEST 

IS NOW BY THE 

DETROIT & MILWAUKEE R. R. 

Fare $3. 00 less than any other Route. 

Express Trains with Parlor Cars leave Detroit daily 
with Passengers for 

Pontiac, Holly, Fentonville Flint, Saginaw, Bay City, Owosso, 
St. John's, Grand Rapids, Clam Lake, Petoskey, Mackinaw, 
Escanaba, Grand Haven, Muskegon, Whitehall Pent- 
water, Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Paul, St. Anthony, 
and all points on the Mississippi River. 



First- Class Staunch Steamships 
on Lake Michigan* 

NEW SLEEPING OARS ON ALL NIGHT TRAINS. 



Close connections made at G. T. Junction with Grand Trunk Trains, and 

at Toledo Junction, near Detroit, with Lake Shore and Michigan 

Southern R'y Trains at Detroit, with the cars of the 

Great Western & Canada Southern R'ds. 

For Buffalo, Rochester, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, and 

with Grand Trunk Railway for Montreal, Quebec, and with 

Cleveland and Lake Superior Line of Steamers. 

For Emigrants this Line offers Cheap and Comfortable Transit. 

For particulars see Company's Time Table, to be had at any of the 
Stations on application. 

S. R. CALLAWAY, Supt. 



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and from the upper lakes, and as to railroads, on the highway 
between the East and West. 

In many respects its climate is unrivalled and in general it 
is uniform. Its "Indian Summers " with the trees in their suits 
both gay and brown are wondrous fair and fine. Its skies are fair 
as those of Italy. 

The yearly death rate is only 19 to a 1000. 




THE OLD PONTIAC TREE. 

The valuation of the real and personal property is over 
$100,000,000. The annual city taxes are less than 1 per cent 
and the total city debt is less than 2 per cent. 

All articles of food are exceptionally abundant and cheap; 
the gardens in and about the city furnishing early and choice 
supplies, while articles from southern climes are reasonable in 
price. 

Its schools are noted for good work, and in general morals 
the city is better far than others of its size. 



STEARNS' 



89 Woodward Avenue, 
Near Larned Street. DIlSTI^QiXT'a 



One of the most perfectly appointed Establishments in the United States. 



I j|ff HAVE the largest variety of Medical Merchandise gath- 
|| ered under one roof in America, and I can, beside the 
"" demand for staple articles — fill orders for hundreds of 
rare, little used, or almost obsolete articles which are 
occasionally required. 

OPEN ALL NIGHT— This is the only drug store in this 
city which is never closed. A competent Prescription Clerk, 
employed for that especial purpose, is at work all night. Cus- 
tomers anxious and hurried at night in cases of sudden sickness, 
will appreciate the prompt and efficient service of this clerk. My 
experience proves that clerks who work all day and sleep in the 
store, are unfit for duty at night; fatigued, they are unwillingly 
roused, and a not infrequent result is unpleasant words between 
the impatient customer and a cross, half-waked clerk. 

The resources of my fully equipped, large working LABO- 
RATORY, on Woodbridge, between Fifth and Sixth Streets, 
employing over fifty hands, are at the command of the retail de- 
partment. 

MEDICINES DELIVERED promptly and free to any 
part of the city inside of limits. District Telegraph messengers 
can be summoned at any hour of the night. Orders by postal 
card will receive prompt attention. Desirable family accounts 
will be cheerfully opened, which may be settled monthly or 
quarterly, as agreed upon. 

The Catalogues of the wholesale and manufacturing depart- 
ments, will be mailed to desirable houses on application. 

FREDERICK STEARNS, Druggist, 

DETROIT, MICH. 



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Its Fire Department is hardly second to any in the Union ; 
its Police well managed and effective. 

The water is of the best ; and with an average drainage fall 
of over 20 feet, the sewerage is excellent. 

The streets are wide and mostly paved ; and its shade trees 
the delight of all who gaze thereon. 

Its population doubles with every decade and is now 125,000 
or more. Its residences are unusually fine, and there are more 




GENERAL GRANTS OLD HOME. 
(See page 34.) 
houses in proportion to the number of inhabitants than in any 
of the 50 othei large cities of the States. Its business blocks are 
large and well arranged. Its capital is chiefly owned at home, 
and in manufacture of cars, pins, matches, organs, stoves, shoes 
and safes, it leads, while its tobaccos are far famed. Its general 
business is quite uniformly prosperous and extends to every State. 

Full and interesting particulars of the 
above, and a thousand points herein un- 
named, are given in the Illustrated History 
of Detroit, now approaching completion. 



R. W. KING i SON, 

103 Woodward Avenue, DETROIT, MICH. 

Offer the largest and best selected stock of 

CHINA AND GLASSWARE, 

Lamps and Fancy Goods to be found in the West. 

We make a specialty of 

m& DECORATED WARES, 

Of our own importation, from the most celebrated potteries of 
Europe, and are always fully prepared to meet the growing de- 
mand for these goods. 

Haviland's French China, Dinner and Tea Sets. 
English Enameled Ware. 

Dinner, Breakfast and Tea Services of any desired size, and 
at prices to suit all purchasers. 

We also keep on hand a complete stock of White and Gold 
Band China, Iron Stone China and Kitchen Crockery. 

Our sales of American China or Semi-Porcelain 
have been very large and are constantly increasing, and we guar- 
antee the ware we sell to be the best, both as regards durability 
and beauty of color and finish. 

Our assortment of Novelties in Pottery and Porcelain 
is unsurpassed, and strangers in town are specially invited to 
visit our store, assuring them that the time will be well spent. 

It. W* KIM® <8fe SOU, 

103 Woodward Avenue, near Congress Street. 



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Cherry. 






No. 17 


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Sugar. 








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Fox. 


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Bois Blanc. 



David Preston. John L. Harper. 

Preston, Kean & Co. 

BANKERS, 

Chicago, III. 



BANKING HOUSE 








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Established, May, 1852. 



No. 84 Woodward Avenue, 
DETBOIT. 



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Land Warrants, Swamp Land Scrip, Gov- 
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County, City, School, District, 
&c, &c, &c. 



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INDEX TO MAP OF FAIR GROUNDS. 
No. i. Treasurers's Office ; 2. Baggage Room ; 3. Bxit Gate : 4- Mar- 
shall's Barn ; 5. R. R. Station; 6. President's and Secretary s 'Office 
7 Ladies' Cottage; 8. Agricultural Implements ; 9 Poultry Shed ; 10. 
Carriage Buildinf; W M^in Building ; » Cattle Amphitheatre: « 3 - 
Pomological Hall; 14. Sheep and Swine Sheds ; 15. Grand Stand , Nos. 1 
11, Booths. 



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31 Monroe Avenue, 

(UP-STAIRS,) 
Corner of Farmer Street. BJ2TJ1©! 1 

— MAKES A SPECIALTY OF — 



uhsrripHon Boohs 



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DELIVERED IN PARTS, 



Magazines, Pamphlets I Binding 



■OF ANY KIND- 



DONE TO ORDER AT REASONABLE PRICES. 



Hospitals, 




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FIRE J^JL.J^JEijl^L, 



2. ..Detroit Opera House. 

3. ..Engine House No. I, Wayne street. 

4. ..Woodward avenue and Larned street. 

5...Woodbridge and Shelby streets. 

6. ..Jefferson avenue and First street. 

7... Engine House No. 3, Clifford street. 

8... Cass House, Woodbridge and Third streets. 

9...Antisdel House, Michigan and Washington avenues. 
12. ..Woodward avenue and Fort street. 
13. ..Gratiot avenue and Randolph street. 
14. ..Engine House No. 2, Larned and Antoine streets. 
15. ..Jefferson avenue and Brush street. 
1 6... Central Police Station, Woodbridge street. 
17. ..Congress and Randolph streets. 
18. ..Jefferson avenue and Rivard street. 
19. ..Finney's Hotel, Gratiot and Woodward avenues. 
2i...Atwater and Hastings streets. 
23. ..Atwater and Riopelle streets. 
24. ..Atwater street and St. Aubin avenue. 
25. ..D. & M. Depot, foot of Brush street. 
26. ..Atwater street and McDougall avenue. 
27... Frost's Woodenware Works, Wight street. 
28. ..Detroit Stove Works, Hamtramck. 
31. ..Jefferson and Mt. Elliott avenues. 
32. ..Jefferson avenue and Adair streets. 

34. ..Engine House No. 7, Elmwood avenue and Fort street. 
35. ..Jefferson avenue and Dubois street. 
36. ..Engine House No. 5, Larned and Riopelle streets. 
37...Croghan and Antoine streets. 
38...Beaubien and Fort streets. 
4i...Croghan and Russell streets. 
42...Croghan and Dequindre streets. 
43... Elm wood and Clinton avenues. 
45. ..Clinton avenue and Chene streets. 
46. ..St. Aubin avenue and Sherman street. 
47. ..Joseph Campau avenue and Chestnut street. 
48. ..Joseph Campau avenue and Congress street. 
5 1. ..Russell and Catharine streets. 
52. ..Gratiot avenue and Hastings street. 
53. ..Engine House No. 6, Russell and High street. 
54. ..Gratiot avenue and Dequindre street. 
56. ..Gratiot avenue and Dubois street. 
57. ..Gratiot and Joseph Campau avenue. 
61. ..House of Correction, Russell street. 



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62. ..St. Aubin avenue and Scott street. 
63... Russell and Leland streets. 
64...Antoine and Watson streets. 
65...Beaubien and Brady streets. 
67...Beaubien and Fremont streets. 
7I...Beaubien and Marion streets. 
72...Beaubien street and Adams avenue. 
72... Hastings and Napoleon streets. 
74. ..Prospect and Benton streets. 
121 ...Woodward avenue and High street. 
123. ..John R. and Alfred streets. 
124. ..Woodward avenue and Peterboro' street. 
125. ..Engine House No. 9, Alexandi're avenue. 
126. ..Woodward and Willis avenues. 
1 27. ..Woodward and Putnam avenues. 
131. ..Woodward and Antoinette avenues. 
132. ..Third and Gold streets. 
134. ..Second and Joy streets. 
135. ..Cass avenue and Sibley street. 
136. ..Grand River avenue and Cass street. 
137. ..Clifford and Montcalm streets. 
141. ..Grand River avenue and Third street. 
142. ..Grand River avenue and Sixth street. 
143. ..Grand River and Trumbull avenues. 
145. ..Grand River avenue and Twelfth street. 
146. ..Grand River avenue and Fifteenth street. 
147. ..Crawford and Irving streets. 
152. ..Trumbull avenue and Canfield street. 
153. ..Seventh and Locust streets. 
1 54... Engine House No. 8, Sixth and Baker street? 
1 56. ..Seventeenth and Ash streets. 
157. ..Twelfth and Ash streets. 
161. ..Michigan avenue and First street. 
162. ..Fourth and Porter streets. 
1 63... Fifth and Plum streets. 
164. ..Third and Beech streets. 
171. ..Michigan and Trumbull avenues. 
172. ..Michigan avenue and Twelfth street. 
173. ..Michigan and Fourteenth avenues. 
i74...Mayberry avenue and Magnolia street. 
21 2. ..Michigan avenue and Eighteenth street. 
213. ..Michigan and Mayberry avenues. 
214. ..Nineteenth and Baker streets. 
215. ..Engine House No. 4, Eighteenth street. 
216. ..Twelfth and Abbott streets. 
21 7. ..Tenth and Porter streets. 
218. ..Thirteenth and Baker streets. 
231. ..Seventh and Abbott streets. 



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232. ..Lafayette avenue and Third street. 

234... Woodbridge and Fifth streets. 

235...Woodbridge and Eighth streets. 

241. ..Fort and Eleventh streets. 

242. ..Woodbridge and Thirteenth streets. 

243. ..Fort and Fifteenth-and a-half streets. 

25 1. ..Woodbridge and Seventeenth-and-a-half streets. 




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252... Gas Works, foot of Twenty-second street. 

253. ..Bridge and Iron Works, Foundry street. 

254. ..Twenty-second street and Bristol Place. 

256. ..Fort and Twenty-fourth streets. 

312. ..Michigan Car Co.. Grand Trunk Junction. 

3 14... Michigan Central Car Works, Grand Trunk Junction. 

3 1 5... Michigan avenue and Twenty-fourth street. 



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IIETIDIEIX:. 

INDEX TO ITINERARY. Page. 

City Hall and Vicinity 3 

Woodward Avenue , 15 

Jefferson Avenue 29 

Griswold Street 35 

Lafayette Avenue 36 

Gratiot Avenue 37 

Fort Street West 38 

Grand River Avenue 40 

Michigan Avenue 40 

A Carriage Ride , 42 

River and Lakes 42 

Neighboring Cities 44 

Evening Entertainments 44 

Street Car Lines 45 

A Nut Shell of History 48 

Fire Alarms 60-61-62 

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. 
M. S. Smith & Co— Jewelers. {Inside Front Cover.) 

Russell House Hotel 4 

Marcus Stevens — Furniture 6 

Newcomb, Endicott & Co— Dry Goods 8 

Hull Brothers— Family Grocers 10 

Walter, Buhl & Co— Hats and Furs 12 

G. R. Angell— Pictures and Frames 14 

Grand Central Photograph Gallery 16 

Roe Stevens— Music Store x 8 

Singer Sewing Machines 2 ° 

Dr. Stone's Turkish Baths 22 

Michigan Exchange Hotel 24 

R. H. Fyfe & Co— Shoe Store 26 

R. Bronson— Undertaker 3 2 

D. & M. Rail Road 59 

F. Stearns— Druggist 5 2 

R. W. King & Co— Crockery, etc 54 

D. Preston & Co— Bankers 56 

J. C. Schuknecht— Book Binder ~ 58 

Wood & Habbin— Engravers - 6 3 

Canada Southern Railway 64 

C. R. Mabley— Clothing 68 



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INDEX TO ENGRAVINGS. 

City Hall 5 

Soldiers' Monument 7 

Detroit Opera House 9 

Down Fort Street n 

Down Woodward Avenue 13 

High School 15 

Public Library 17 

Young Men's Christian Association Building 19 

Home of the Friendless 21 

Central Methodist Episcopal Church 23 

Campau House 25 

Club Houses 27 

St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum 29 

Elm wood Cemetery 31 

Woodmere Cemetery 33 

Elm wood Chapel 35 

Entrance to Fort Wayne 37 

St. Ann's Church 39 

Odd Fellow's Hall 41 

St. John's Lutheran Church 44 

Academy of Sacred Heart 45 

Unitarian Church 47 

Post Office 49 

Pontiac Tree 51 

General Grant's Old Home 53 

Map of River 55 

Map of Fair Grounds 57 

Hospitals 59 

Newspapers 65 

St. John's Episcopal Church 64 

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